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why do you believe speaker baner is taking the action he is at this point? as mark murray pointed out, he may not have the votes in the house for this. >> the president has a point and not only on the items he laid out that he moved on which are coming closer to the republicans on where the threshold would be for tax cuts and spending as well. also savings on entitlement. remember, tamron, last summer we passed a debt ceiling deal that had no revenue and entirely unbalanc unbalanced. those were cuts that most democrats like me spent our career opposing and we knew we couldn't let the united states be in jeopardy and allowing the republicans to play chicken with our economy. about 85 of us voted for that and now there democrats who said we don't love every part of the president's proposed compromise, but we center to make sure we don't go over the cliff and we give the certainty, ne97% need e tax cut. what plan b appears to be is demonstrating that maybe speaker boehner is unserious and doesn't really care about going-over the fiscal cliff. >> we know where t
why do you believe speaker baner is taking the action he is at this point? as mark murray pointed out, he may not have the votes in the house for this. >> the president has a point and not only on the items he laid out that he moved on which are coming closer to the republicans on where the threshold would be for tax cuts and spending as well. also savings on entitlement. remember, tamron, last summer we passed a debt ceiling deal that had no revenue and entirely unbalanc unbalanced....
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we are again, taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> the house leader -- house majority leader eric cantor taking questions about the two votes that will take place today. the two different bills that are coming up in the house. the sequester replacement cuts bill which will replace the automatic cuts scheduled to go into effect for the state department in 2013 and the plan b which was presented by house speaker boehner which will extend the bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $1 million. it is a tax hike, though, for those making over $1 million. the president has said he will use his veto power if it made it out of the senate, but plan b is doa. we will talk more about that because coming up, congress will hold more hearings today on the benghazi attack without hearing from secretary of state hillary clinton and the man who with could take her place rises to her defense. however, will hillary clinton soon testify? ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole gra
we are again, taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> the house leader -- house majority leader eric cantor taking questions about the two votes that will take place today. the two different bills that are coming up in the house. the sequester replacement cuts bill which will replace the automatic cuts scheduled to go into effect for the state department in 2013 and the plan b which was presented by house speaker boehner which will extend the bush-era tax cuts for those...
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mourning is important but so is decisive action. congress must toughen the ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. that was the piece. by judge burns. who was appointed to the federal court by president george w. bush. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announ
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mourning is important but so is decisive action. congress must toughen the ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. that was the piece. by judge burns. who was appointed to the federal court by president george w. bush. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. flavor boost, meet beef. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. they don't help single moms. hi! hi! [ sarah ] what happened to our house last year? [ daughters ] it flooded and the water flooded out. yeah. [ sarah ] the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and take care of them. you know? i feel like we've come full circle. [ daughter 1 ] like
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or is this just going to be more talk, talk, talk, and not enough action, action, action? >> and speaking of action, wolf, you and i have covered enough of these things over the years to know there is great criticism when gun control comes up and the debate of it comes up in the immediate aftermath of a shooting. it feels different this time. the polling across the nation immediately afterwards showed a seismic shift it seemed in how people felt and the majority of americans felt that tighter gun controls were needed post what happened in newtown. some say that's political opportunists taking advantage of a situation. others say this is politics as it should be, reacting to their constituents. how are you feeling this in washington? >> there is a huge debate in washington, and there has been ever since i have come to washington there has been a huge debate over guns, and gun control and assault weapons bans and background checks and gun shows and i have been hearing this debate for years and it is a debate that tnlz to resonate now and people feel very strongly on both sid
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we will act and act in a way that is designed even if he said we can only save one life, we to take action. there a number of things you know because we have spoken with you all and we have a relationship over the past four years. there things we can immediately do. we are going to need your help. we see no reason why not. it passed the senate and the house and we were convinced to put it back in the bill. we worked from bullets to the type of weapons that shoot people off the street and a whole lot else. that's what i want to talk about today. want to hear your views. we will need your advocacy and the law enforcement organizations. with that i like to invite the press out of the room. we will have a frank discussion and as these women and men in uniform are around here, we are never not frank with one another. i'm anxious to get to a discussion. >> the vice president and the task force. you can see members of the cabinet representing homeland security and law enforcement officials gathered with him. he has about a month or so to present with the president plans and moving forward when it
we will act and act in a way that is designed even if he said we can only save one life, we to take action. there a number of things you know because we have spoken with you all and we have a relationship over the past four years. there things we can immediately do. we are going to need your help. we see no reason why not. it passed the senate and the house and we were convinced to put it back in the bill. we worked from bullets to the type of weapons that shoot people off the street and a...
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and thank you, president obama for being clear you are going to take action and you need our help. but it is not just about the guns. i tell you, on my program, we're getting deep with what to do about people and family members, people with mental illness that are out of control. there is woeful resources in our country, people cannot get conservativeship. there is no state hospital or structure. and i would say president obama please, please, there is so much more to be done here than just guns. and this is our opportunity, and connecticut is just a symptom. >> and the president made it clear, he agrees with you. it is not just guns that are an issue, even though he did say you have to deal with military type assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition clips, background checks for gun purchasers. those are important. but he also did call to deal with this committee, this joe biden committee that should look at the mental health care we have in this country. how that could contribute to the gun violence. >> he glossed on it, he did. >> all the terms, those are issues he wants the com
and thank you, president obama for being clear you are going to take action and you need our help. but it is not just about the guns. i tell you, on my program, we're getting deep with what to do about people and family members, people with mental illness that are out of control. there is woeful resources in our country, people cannot get conservativeship. there is no state hospital or structure. and i would say president obama please, please, there is so much more to be done here than just...
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it in a way by saying let's put these huge tools into the budget and congress takes no affirmative action picking what's working and how to do the budget and a thoughtful budget that lays out how we want to spend our dollars and pay for them. this is saying we can't figure it out, we can't work together and we'll let these things expire in a damaging way and an abrupt way. another thing is if we do this all at once, it puts the economy back in recession. so not only are people who are losing their unemployment benefits harmed, people who would have been able to get back to work if the economy started growing are less likely to have that chance. the damage to the economy is going to harm all of us in addition to the fact that many of these benefits and tax policies would be changed in ways that weren't thoroughly thought out. >> nearly 890% -- 90% of u.s. households would pay more in taxes. pretty much everyone earning more than $40,000 a year would be affected. you can see the next level is $2,000 more. you get the picture. ryan, bottom line, with all these people facing higher taxes, why
it in a way by saying let's put these huge tools into the budget and congress takes no affirmative action picking what's working and how to do the budget and a thoughtful budget that lays out how we want to spend our dollars and pay for them. this is saying we can't figure it out, we can't work together and we'll let these things expire in a damaging way and an abrupt way. another thing is if we do this all at once, it puts the economy back in recession. so not only are people who are losing...
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is that an example of the kind of if you like, consumer action that people can take now? >> absolutely. >> but should all of us be reflecting on if we do have a retirement plan, who is taking our investment? >> absolutely. and also to julian's point, i mean, the social media aspect of this. just expressing those views. telling companies, telling corporations, telling politicians what is acceptable and what is unacceptable to you. and i'll give you a couple of concrete examples. you'll remember well the comments that rush limbaugh made about sandra fluke on his program -- >> i remember what you did. you led the way in that. >> well, there was a huge wave and a huge backlash. a lot of advertisers dropped his show because they didn't want to support that kind of hate speech. and a number of stations also ended up dropping. one other quick example, we had susan koman for the cure being forced by public outrage to reinstate their partnership with planned parenthood. and in virginia we had transvaginal probes which were being mandated by the government. and that was also pulled
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there was no disciplinary action taken. we mentioned the resignations coming down today, but do you think someone very, very high up there should be held accountable and how high should the blame go? >> well, look, three individuals, one of whom i know very, very well resigned today because they share -- they feel they are partially responsible for what happened here. the real issue is what do we continue to do to make, you know, our diplomats work as safe as it can be, understanding we can't put all of our diplomats behind barriers or fortresses because then they can't do the diplomacy that ultimately serves u.s. interests. brooke, you have to remember here, 20 years ago, we were bombing libya. i'm sorry, 25 years gee. 24 years ago libya took down at this very time of year pan am 103. these diplomats were in libya helping to build a new libya that is going to be a constructive player. we won't know for about a dozen years whether their sacrifice, horrible as it is, gets the kind of return that we hope for, but this was imp
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task force, i do have some people now that are taking meaningful action on their own. joining me now, shannon watts, founder of 1 million moms for gun control. and kristen ropinger, momsrising.org. we wait for the president to reveal what this interagency task force will mean, but what are you doing specifically with your actions and what do you want to hear specifically from the president? >> well, we want to hear four specific things. we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban, strengthen dianne feinstein, we want him to close the gun show loopholes, we want him to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons like those alleged hunting weapons used in the massacre and ammunition that people can buy to be limited. you cannot buy any amount of fertilizer, sudafed you want, but you can buy unlimited ammunition. we want common sense laws like mayor bloomberg is proposing. >> common sense. other people on the right would call that a big wish list to try to get some of that done. and moments ago, senator john d. rockefeller, he introduced legislation to impact of
task force, i do have some people now that are taking meaningful action on their own. joining me now, shannon watts, founder of 1 million moms for gun control. and kristen ropinger, momsrising.org. we wait for the president to reveal what this interagency task force will mean, but what are you doing specifically with your actions and what do you want to hear specifically from the president? >> well, we want to hear four specific things. we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban,...
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you are not aware your actions are wrong. i think that's a very important distinction. i am just not hearing that. mental illness does not equate to not knowing what you're doing and being responsible for what you're doing. >> thanks for sticking around. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. let's get back to our breaking news, the death of the former supreme court nominee robert bork. jeffrey toobin is on the phone now. share memories of robert bork with us, jeffrey. >> he was really an epic figure in american law. he is one of the intellectual godfathers of the conservative movement in this country. the originalism, the idea that the constitution should be interpreted as the framers of the constitution wrote it in the late 18th century, that was really an idea that robert bork popularized and anton and scalia and clarence thomas really followed on his example. his nomination to the supreme court in 1987 was one of the great constitutional dramas of our time. joseph biden was the ch
you are not aware your actions are wrong. i think that's a very important distinction. i am just not hearing that. mental illness does not equate to not knowing what you're doing and being responsible for what you're doing. >> thanks for sticking around. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. let's get back to our breaking news, the death of the former supreme court nominee robert bork. jeffrey toobin is on the phone now. share...
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so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> getting close to the bottom of the hour, we want to get you a look at the headlines right now. hillary clinton has been hospitalized. this after doctors discovered a blood clot. the former first lady had been cleared to go back to work when doctors made the discovery. she suffered icon cushion after fainting a couple weeks ago. she had a nasty stomach virus and collapsed from dehydration. we have a live report coming up in a couple minutes. >>> the other big story is the action or inaction on capitol hill. lawmakers do not reach a fiscal cliff agreement, could you see your taxes skyrocket and deep spending cuts kick in. major spending cuts entitlements and tax increases. house republicans have ended their meetings for the night. we'll find out tomorrow whether they've made any progress in their talks. any deal would have to get enough votes to pass the senate and the hou
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our take action page will show you how. also, take time to look at our group think section, where a lively and diverse collection of contributors gather to discuss whether corporate giants should have so much control over how citizens of a democracy get their information. that's all at billmoyers.com. i'll see you there, and i see you here, next time. male announcer: truly c.a. is a kqed production, presented in association with: [lively percussive music] ♪ next on truly c.a... one person gave it away. - she left various bequests in her will, but the most wonderful is the bequest of her steinway.
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immediate spending cuts at a time when the economy was still pretty shaky, and taking the unprecedented action of holding the necessary rise and the debt ceiling hostage to their own policy demands, leading to a downgrade in our dollars and the decline in the economy. so, yeah, the tea party bears responsibility. but the tea party and the republican party, sadly, have become one in the same. >> well, take us sort of micro now, that's the macro picture. take us micro into these next 29 1/2 hours and how this might play into whether or not we go off the fiscal cliff. >> yeah, listen, as you know, you've been talking to many other people up there, there's an easy way of agreeing to a small package that deals with tax cuts extending the tax cuts for most families, and an extension of expiring unemployment benefits. everyone had hoped to have something much more ambitious. but in the end, the republicans are not free to talk taxes. they've bought on to grover norquist's no new taxes. and that sort of has set the stage for a complete failure on the broader efforts to deal with taxes and spending. so
immediate spending cuts at a time when the economy was still pretty shaky, and taking the unprecedented action of holding the necessary rise and the debt ceiling hostage to their own policy demands, leading to a downgrade in our dollars and the decline in the economy. so, yeah, the tea party bears responsibility. but the tea party and the republican party, sadly, have become one in the same. >> well, take us sort of micro now, that's the macro picture. take us micro into these next 29 1/2...
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deadline for action just hours away. >>> my new year's message to washington is that this entire fiscal cliff problem isn't just an isolated incident. it's representative of how partisanship and polarization have taken over congress. tyeah, its the galaxy note ii.re great. you can do two things at the same time. you can watch videos and text. or you could watch the earnings report and take notes, like we're supposed to. so... can i get it? yeah. okay either of you put together the earnings report yet? yes, me totally. what? why don't you tackle the next quarter. you eat yet? polynesian? pu pu platter? yup! keep up the good work. i will keep up the good work. do more with the new samsung galaxy note ii. ( ♪ ) for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the days when you get a sudden call from the school, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. when you have children's motrin on hand, you're ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer than children's motrin. be ready with children's motrin. >>> ch
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the american people want action and it is undemocratic. it is un-american when a small minority can deny the majority from going forward. >> and senator, the fiscal situation they are dealing with in washington, it doesn't look like we have made a lot of progress. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, it shouldn't just be the speaker and the president. it should be the voice of the american people. it should be the senate and should be the house. on these issues, ed, the election mattered. and poll after poll tells us the same thing. not a lot of debate but that's what the american people want. >> that's not getting through to speaker boehner. >> and that's why the president and the democrats have to stand tall. the democrats must not snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. we have the american people on our side. we won the election. poll after poll tells us. the american people understand president and the speaker alone in negotiations. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, it shouldn't just be the speaker and the president. it s
the american people want action and it is undemocratic. it is un-american when a small minority can deny the majority from going forward. >> and senator, the fiscal situation they are dealing with in washington, it doesn't look like we have made a lot of progress. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, it shouldn't just be the speaker and the president. it should be the voice of the american people. it should be the senate and should be the house. on these issues, ed, the election...
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it's not a time for a commission, or more studies, it is time for action. it remind me of another period, 1968, when dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated, robert kennedy was assassinated. we can go back to 1963 when everest was assassinated. we don't need more weapons of mass destruction. nothing saddened me more than last friday. i cried, i cried, when i saw what was happening in connecticut. these little children, these innocent little babies being slaughtered, if we don't have the courage to act as members of congress, as federal officials, then we're not worth the position that we hold. we have to act, and we must act now. we cannot put it off. the cdc and my own congressional district have conducted studies over the years on gun violence. take some of those studies off the shelves, but members of congress, you hold the courage to stand up and speak out and pass the necessary legislation. we cannot wait and we shouldn't wait. >> congressman, there was a question asked of the president today when he was naming joe biden to head this task force, an
it's not a time for a commission, or more studies, it is time for action. it remind me of another period, 1968, when dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated, robert kennedy was assassinated. we can go back to 1963 when everest was assassinated. we don't need more weapons of mass destruction. nothing saddened me more than last friday. i cried, i cried, when i saw what was happening in connecticut. these little children, these innocent little babies being slaughtered, if we don't have the...
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. >> resolutiush limbaugh is not y conservative attacking the plan b, conservative political action groups are calling for house republicans to mutiny. from the heritage foundation, allowing a tax increase to hit a certain segment of americans in small business is not a solution. and constitute a clear path towards conservatives on their principles. heritage opposes plan b and will include it as a key vote on our legislative score card. and from the club for growth, there is this, the club for growth urges all house members to vote no on the rule for the so-called plan b tax consideration of the bill, as scheduled for later this week. the vote on the rule will be included in the club's 2012 congressional score card. and from grover norquist, the anti-tax superman, what rh rhetorical heights did grover norquist have to go to to be heard above the sound of rush limbaugh and the club for growth, and their reaction to this increase? what flourish was grover able to come up with to make his opposition stand out, to make his opposition be the most important opposition? are you sitting down? no,
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we expect actions from the politicians and this coming year. if not, in 2014, they're going to hear from us, again. >> ben monterosa, thank you, sir. always a pleasure. >> thank you. >>> coming up, what the latest move by the u.n. to recognize palestine means for the future of a real two-state solution. >>> plus -- >> it bring these that want to kill us all. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham. who is he talking about there on the floor of the u.s. senate? the answer and the issue surrounding that debate, that sound bite coming up. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose [ male announcer ] zales is the diamond store. take up to an extra 15 percent off storewide, now through wednesday. a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like walgreens -- where you'll find 8,000 convenient locations. best of
we expect actions from the politicians and this coming year. if not, in 2014, they're going to hear from us, again. >> ben monterosa, thank you, sir. always a pleasure. >> thank you. >>> coming up, what the latest move by the u.n. to recognize palestine means for the future of a real two-state solution. >>> plus -- >> it bring these that want to kill us all. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham. who is he talking about there on the floor of the u.s....
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and he is on the action side. he is on the election side. so he is going to make sure that impure republicans are not getting through primaries, which are going to keep pushing them that much further to the right. i don't think he got any weaker by walking out of the senate. >> well, i guess it's how does it serve the republican party. these think tanks are supposed to be idea factories, effectively. can we actually imagine demint crafting a piece of viable legislation that has to deal with immigration reform or energy reform or any kind of reform period, ari? >> no. clearly not from his record. and i don't think he would claim otherwise. he is all about setting down standards, holding the line. not working towards losings. not trying to make government work. i mean what you can say about him he has been honest about his world view. it is a world view where we spend more time worrying billionaires and everyone else, and where government failure is sold as a success. that is literally the idea. and so they're going to go out now and try to do
and he is on the action side. he is on the election side. so he is going to make sure that impure republicans are not getting through primaries, which are going to keep pushing them that much further to the right. i don't think he got any weaker by walking out of the senate. >> well, i guess it's how does it serve the republican party. these think tanks are supposed to be idea factories, effectively. can we actually imagine demint crafting a piece of viable legislation that has to deal...
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it is an unprecedented action. it seems by the federal government at the time to pult into context how the response can be from the government to try to incorporate some kind of gun initiative, perhaps education initiative, mental health initiative. we're waiting to get the details. as we await the president and vice president, i turn the baton over to my colleague suzanne malveaux with the newsroom. suzanne. >> thank you, ashleigh. this put guns back on the national agenda, and today we're getting a two-minute warning. that means the president will arrive very shortly in the press briefing room to explain, to talk about his role and the government's role. he was moved by what he saw in connecticut, and he says that he wanted to make this a priority in his administration. so we're waiting for those remarks. we want to bring in wolf blitzer to talk about this. we know there are some things that the president can do and other things he cannot do. he clearly has it to work with congress if he's going to move forward o
it is an unprecedented action. it seems by the federal government at the time to pult into context how the response can be from the government to try to incorporate some kind of gun initiative, perhaps education initiative, mental health initiative. we're waiting to get the details. as we await the president and vice president, i turn the baton over to my colleague suzanne malveaux with the newsroom. suzanne. >> thank you, ashleigh. this put guns back on the national agenda, and today...
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he suggested that action on the sequester is something we continue to work on in the coming months. so i agree. let's pass the tax relief portion now. let's take what's been agreed to and get moving. let me say this was not easy to get to. i mean, the vice president and i last spoke about yesterday about 12:45 this morning and then again at 6:30 this morning and multiple times here in the day this morning, this has been clearly a good faith negotiation. we all want to protect taxpayers and we can get it done now. right now. so let me be clear. we'll continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending, but let's not let that hold up protecting americans from the tax hike that will take place in about ten hours. ten hours from now. we can do this. we must do this. i want my colleagues to know that we'll keep everybody updated as we continue to try to wrap this up. i yield the floor. >> so very much ongoing. well, if you have children, you need to listen up. there are four things about the fiscal cliff that you need to know about. we're talking tax credits that keep money in your
he suggested that action on the sequester is something we continue to work on in the coming months. so i agree. let's pass the tax relief portion now. let's take what's been agreed to and get moving. let me say this was not easy to get to. i mean, the vice president and i last spoke about yesterday about 12:45 this morning and then again at 6:30 this morning and multiple times here in the day this morning, this has been clearly a good faith negotiation. we all want to protect taxpayers and we...
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and any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts. >> after the president laid out his plan of action, he took a tough question about his failure to act on gun issues prior to the newtown shooting. >> this is not the first issue, the first issue of horrific gun violence of your four years. where have you been? >> well, here is where i have been, jake. i've been president of the united states dealing with the worst economic crisis since the great depression, an auto industry on the verge of collapse, two wars. i don't think i've been on vacation. and so i think all of us have to do some reflection on how we prioritize what we do here in washington. >> it's obvious the president has reflected on this. and so have other members of congress. pro-gun democrats like senator mark warner of virginia have come forward supporting sensible new gun laws. warner said recently i think most of us realize that there are ways to get to rational gun control. today house democrats introduced legislation to ban high-capacity clips, and will introduce a ban on assault rifles co
and any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts. >> after the president laid out his plan of action, he took a tough question about his failure to act on gun issues prior to the newtown shooting. >> this is not the first issue, the first issue of horrific gun violence of your four years. where have you been? >> well, here is where i have been, jake. i've been president of the united states dealing with the worst economic crisis since the great...
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. >>> the other big story is the action or inaction on capitol hill. if lawmakers do not reach a fiscal cliff agreement, you could see your taxes skyrocket and deep spending cuts kick in. major sticking points, entitlements and tax increases. house republicans have ended their meetings for the night. we'll find out tomorrow whether vice president joe biden and mitch mcconnell have made any progress in their talks. any deal would have to get enough votes to pass the senate and the house. >>> president obama says sandy hook school shooting was the worst day of his presidency. americans will have to explore their own feelings when his gun law reform proposals come out next year. >> the question then becomes, whether we are actually shook up enough by what happened here that it does not just become another one of these routine episodes where it gets a lot of attention for a couple of weeks and then it drifts away. it certainly won't feel like that to me. >> the president says the law he's pushing will address assault style rifles, high capacity magazines a
. >>> the other big story is the action or inaction on capitol hill. if lawmakers do not reach a fiscal cliff agreement, you could see your taxes skyrocket and deep spending cuts kick in. major sticking points, entitlements and tax increases. house republicans have ended their meetings for the night. we'll find out tomorrow whether vice president joe biden and mitch mcconnell have made any progress in their talks. any deal would have to get enough votes to pass the senate and the...
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. >> one of the reasons the president is asking for action without delay is because he knows change can be accomplished, and it's been done before. the assault weapons ban signed by president clinton reduced crime lower than it had been in a generation. it's been 18 years since the crime bill was signed, and eight years since it was allowed to expire. perhaps this is why president obama is turning to the bill's architect for guidance. >> i want to single out for special recognition the chairman of the senate judiciary committee who has fought tirelessly for this bill for six long years, senator joe biden. would you stand, senator joe biden. [ applause ] >> the choice of joe biden to lead the current task force on gun violence is no coincidence. the vice president fought against the odds to get democrats and republicans on board for the 1994 crime bill. biden is also a powerful symbol on this issue. his fight to curb gun violence helped him receive an "f" rating from the national rifle association, which i think really makes him qualified for job. the nra calls biden, in fact, the most a
. >> one of the reasons the president is asking for action without delay is because he knows change can be accomplished, and it's been done before. the assault weapons ban signed by president clinton reduced crime lower than it had been in a generation. it's been 18 years since the crime bill was signed, and eight years since it was allowed to expire. perhaps this is why president obama is turning to the bill's architect for guidance. >> i want to single out for special recognition...
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will possibly take up action tomorrow. and the other breaking news story, new details of secretary of state hillary clinton's blood clot. doctors are now revealing it's located in a vein between her brain and her skull. they say it did not result in a stroke or any neurological damage. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is joining us now. dr. sanjay gupta is also standing by. but let's start with you, jill. what else do we know about the secretary's condition right now? >> well, wolf, this came -- this announcement by the doctors who treat secretary clinton came at the end of a long day of speculation about where precisely that blood clot is located. there was speculation it might have been in her leg, but the state department was not saying. finally at the end of the day, they released the statement. i will read part to you. the doctors of secretary clinton say it's a clot in the vein that's situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. it did not result in a stroke or neurologi
will possibly take up action tomorrow. and the other breaking news story, new details of secretary of state hillary clinton's blood clot. doctors are now revealing it's located in a vein between her brain and her skull. they say it did not result in a stroke or any neurological damage. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is joining us now. dr. sanjay gupta is also standing by. but let's start with you, jill. what else do we know about the secretary's condition right now? >>...
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and what we're seeing here is very little action on the spending side of the ledger. let's say that leader mcconnell and vice president biden reach an agreement today, which i certainly hope they will, but that agreement clearly is just going to be on the revenue side. the majority's going to be on the revenue side, and the problem is on the spending side. it's ironic that the one proposal that leader mcconnell put forward, which was an idea that came from the white house, which was that you control the rate of growth of entitlements by changing the calculation of the cpi, something that should have been done a long time ago to get it to be more accurate, was rejected, rejected out of hand on the other side of the aisle. so, that's now off the table. that would have been a substantive step forward. it's not going to happen relative to getting spending under control. and so, i understand senator graham, lindsey graham's frustration with the failure to get action on the spending side, and he sees this as a leverage point and he feels it's the one leverage point they hav
and what we're seeing here is very little action on the spending side of the ledger. let's say that leader mcconnell and vice president biden reach an agreement today, which i certainly hope they will, but that agreement clearly is just going to be on the revenue side. the majority's going to be on the revenue side, and the problem is on the spending side. it's ironic that the one proposal that leader mcconnell put forward, which was an idea that came from the white house, which was that you...
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frankly, though, i'm not particularly optimistic of action at the federal level particularly because the calendar is against them. there's a time period before there are recommendations issued and a while before activists can sort of coales around the proposals. right now support or stricter gun control at ten-year highs. abc news found 54% support. cbs found 57% support. that drops over time and i don't know by the time that the panel issues recommendations and there's legislation in place that there's really going to be the same energy behind it. but to the point about the nra, i think tomorrow they're going to try to be conciliatory and vague and throw a bone on the table toward some legislation they would support but we should be realistic here. the nra is not going to move to the center on this issue. they're there to represent a pure ideology just like other interest groups are and if we want to affect change through the nra we shouldn't be expecting them to move to the middle. instead, we should be doing things to encourage a decline in membership, to undermine their power to
frankly, though, i'm not particularly optimistic of action at the federal level particularly because the calendar is against them. there's a time period before there are recommendations issued and a while before activists can sort of coales around the proposals. right now support or stricter gun control at ten-year highs. abc news found 54% support. cbs found 57% support. that drops over time and i don't know by the time that the panel issues recommendations and there's legislation in place...
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the day after the collection, republican house speaker john boehner put out this stirring call to action. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we're ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans but as americans. we want you to lead. not as a liberal or conservative but as president of the united states of america. >> mr. president, we are ready to be led. just show us the plan. that was encouraging. that seemed like we were going to have a deal, no problem. obama won the election. he'll hand them a plan. he'll make some small changes. that's how congress works, of course. pass it and we'll be done. we'll go home for christmas. not so much. president obama did hand them a plan as treasury secretary tim geithner made a special trip all the way to john boehner's office on capitol hill. he delivered the plan to speaker boehner, a plan pretty much identical to the one president obama just won the election on. you might have thought that would have been leading, the problem would have been solved. not so much. >> flabbergasted. i looked at him, you can't be serious. i've just never seen
the day after the collection, republican house speaker john boehner put out this stirring call to action. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we're ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans but as americans. we want you to lead. not as a liberal or conservative but as president of the united states of america. >> mr. president, we are ready to be led. just show us the plan. that was encouraging. that seemed like we were going to have a deal, no problem. obama won the...
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now is the time for action. the latest news out of washington tonight, treasury secretary tim geithner told congress that the country will hit the debt ceiling on december 31st, new year's eve, some two months earlier than expected. but there is still no date yet on when the house of representatives will be called into session to veto a vote on any deal. president obama cut his hawaiian vacation short and is due to land in washington tomorrow. but if politicians aren't feeling enough urgency, the american people certainly are. a new gallup poll shows that 50% of americans think a deal is likely. that's down nine points from just a few weeks ago. if we go over the cliff, it will affect all of us. if you're a family that makes $50,000 a year, your taxes will go up by $2,000. if you make $100,000, your taxes will go up by $4600. the combination of tax hikes and deep spending cuts could end up looking a little bit like this, over the cliff in a free fall. whiskey and cigarettes in hand. "outfront" we have the view f
now is the time for action. the latest news out of washington tonight, treasury secretary tim geithner told congress that the country will hit the debt ceiling on december 31st, new year's eve, some two months earlier than expected. but there is still no date yet on when the house of representatives will be called into session to veto a vote on any deal. president obama cut his hawaiian vacation short and is due to land in washington tomorrow. but if politicians aren't feeling enough urgency,...
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the action is on the hill where it's been for the last few days. let's start with you. this is a fast-moving story. give us the latest perimeters of what appears -- i emphasize appears to be the start of a deal. >> well, it has been coming closer together, so we are told. the question is what will the president be saying, and senior advisors here as well as senators i've spoken to say they do not expect that he is making any nounment of a deal, so we'll wait for the white house to determine that for sure. what we've been hearing is that they have moved off the issue of taxes and have been more focused on the nature of spending cuts. with republicans and democrats in two different places. democrats would like to delay the automatic spending cuts that would kick in at midnight for two years. republicans would like to delay them only for three months, and then get some additional deaf set reduction with those cuts would kick in. the opportunity there is to then decide instead of across the board cuts, could they reach some agreement on more specialized cuts that both parti
the action is on the hill where it's been for the last few days. let's start with you. this is a fast-moving story. give us the latest perimeters of what appears -- i emphasize appears to be the start of a deal. >> well, it has been coming closer together, so we are told. the question is what will the president be saying, and senior advisors here as well as senators i've spoken to say they do not expect that he is making any nounment of a deal, so we'll wait for the white house to...
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as americans, we tend to think that once the military action stops, the work is done. for the state department, when the battle is over, the work of advancing that society and building the institutions within that society is just beginning. so we had a successful intervention last year. gadhafi's gone but now comes the arduous work of building up libyan institutions and to help with that, you actually need people in the middle of the fray. that's what chris stevens was doing in tripoli and doing in benghazi and obviously this involves a great deal of risk. >> eliot: and when warfare was more readily defined troops on a battlefield. you had trenches, guns pointed at each other, it was easy to say now you're at war. now war's over. you have diplomacy the way it was in the 1800s. diplomatic immunity. where warfare is not as crisply defined, you have the groups who are not actors, it is much harder to send diplomats into the regions and both guarantee their security and know when they'll be challenged. that's why the threat assessments are much more complicated. >> senator
as americans, we tend to think that once the military action stops, the work is done. for the state department, when the battle is over, the work of advancing that society and building the institutions within that society is just beginning. so we had a successful intervention last year. gadhafi's gone but now comes the arduous work of building up libyan institutions and to help with that, you actually need people in the middle of the fray. that's what chris stevens was doing in tripoli and...
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, honestly, specific and consequential action can happen in any town, any time. with almost no notice and very, very little planning. that's what these gun buyback programs show. they can be held in small towns and big cities. they can happen in parking lots or in churches or in grocery stores. the money can come from a local government or it can come from you. it won't solve every problem. it will not prevent every crime. it will not prevent every tragedy related to gun violence. no one thing will. but community-run buybacks hurt no one. they are voluntary. anyone can do them. they can get guns out of the streets and out of the places they are not wanted. the end results of the programs like this are honestly relief and gratitude for the opportunity on all sides. how many things are true of that on any policy issue in this country? this seems like a place to start. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condit
, honestly, specific and consequential action can happen in any town, any time. with almost no notice and very, very little planning. that's what these gun buyback programs show. they can be held in small towns and big cities. they can happen in parking lots or in churches or in grocery stores. the money can come from a local government or it can come from you. it won't solve every problem. it will not prevent every crime. it will not prevent every tragedy related to gun violence. no one thing...
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but can he harness the raw emotion to get real action. le let's go to our white house correspondent, brianna keilar. she's got the latest. >> reporter: hi, wolf. for the first time, president obama today laid out a timeline for his administration to act. appointing vice president joe biden to lead a group of cabinet secretaries, outside organizations, as well as lawmakers to come up with solutions, and he said he wants the recommendations no later than january. the president said this time, washington won't just talk about tackling gun violence. >> this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six simmomonths a publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task. to pull together real reforms, right now. >> reporter: he urged congress to vote early next year on an assault weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, and close the gun show loophole, so all gun purchasers are subject to background checks. the president's task force will recommend policies
but can he harness the raw emotion to get real action. le let's go to our white house correspondent, brianna keilar. she's got the latest. >> reporter: hi, wolf. for the first time, president obama today laid out a timeline for his administration to act. appointing vice president joe biden to lead a group of cabinet secretaries, outside organizations, as well as lawmakers to come up with solutions, and he said he wants the recommendations no later than january. the president said this...